Admissions News

Fifteen of Elon University School of Law's top students in the Class of 2024 will guide publication next year of the student-run and student-edited scholarly journal.

Many of the top students in Elon Law’s Class of 2023 were celebrated in a November 13 evening event that applauded leadership and service in a variety of organizations and signature programs.

Josephus Thompson III performed original works in the 5th Annual “High Rhymes and Misdemeanors” Poetry Slam hosted by the School of Law’s Legal Method & Communication Program and Elon University’s Center for Writing Excellence.

A team comprised of nearly two dozen Elon Law students and friends finished on top of its divisional standings this fall in a City of Greensboro adult coed kickball league.

Professor David S. Levine will work for two years with other scholars in an interdisciplinary program founded by the University of Milan dedicated to study legal informatics, cyberspace law and “digital transformation law.” 

Students interested in food and agriculture law, climate policy, energy regulation, and animal protection can apply Elon Law coursework toward a master’s degree from one of the nation’s top-ranked environmental law programs.

Elon Law leaders dedicated the Jetton & Meredith, PLLC Student Lounge during a visit to campus by two accomplished alumni whose leadership gift helped establish an endowed scholarship in memory of a beloved former dean.  

Two students from Florida International University won an annual contest hosted by the Moot Court Board that required this year’s teams to answer the question: does a ban on talking with minor patients about conversion therapy violate a doctor’s First Amendment rights to free speech?

Law students partnered this fall with attorneys from Legal Aid of North Carolina and their Elon Law faculty mentors to help residents of Guilford and Durham counties with applications to remove criminal charges from background records.

A new law review article by Assistant Professor Erin Fitzgerald urges states to amend their laws to protect the most vulnerable populations within the nation’s criminal justice system.